Work & commute · Lostant

Work & commute in Lostant, IL

Most working residents leave Lostant for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Peru (9%), Streator (8%) and Ottawa (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 182 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 179 Lostant residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 91 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lostant.

179live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

91work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lostant goes to work

Peru16.4 mi away

9%16

Streator12.3 mi away

8%14

Ottawa20.2 mi away

5%10

Tonica6.3 mi away

4%7

Spring Valley15 mi away

4%7

LaSalle14.6 mi away

4%7

Reading10.7 mi away

4%7

Chicago86.8 mi away

3%6

Oglesby11.6 mi away

3%5

North Utica16 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%99

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Lostant commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

47%

11%

35%

8%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lostant is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.52 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Lostant are

94 jobs are based in Lostant. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lostant’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lostant

94 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)72%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month62%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Lostant residents hold

182 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−5%

Jobs based in Lostant, 2013 → 2023: 99 → 94. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.